How does your endoscopy reprocessing compare? Our reader survey shows most GI facilities are following national standards, but it also uncovered some worrisome trends.

SSI prevention: SSI-Free: 14 years and counting! For Kindred Hospital in Las Vegas, it's been an epic run of success.

Should we ue video laryngoscopes for all intubations? Why relegate the tool that gives you the best chance for success when difficult intubations arise to a backup role?

Staff Safety: Sparing no Eexpense to keep staff safe. At TRIA Orthopaedic Center, employee safety is job No. 1.

Legal Update: No. 1 HIPAA privacy risk? Snooping staff. Employees peeking at patients' medical records far from uncommon.

Keep kids comfortable and entertained before surgery with these Ideas That work from Massachusetts and California.

The trouble with transvaginal mesh. Why did the FDA ever approve a product that has injured thousands of women? There's plenty of blame to go around.

Rules of reprocessing: lumened instruments. Get back to the basics to properly sterilize these complex instruments.

Cutting remarks: Out to lunch. If you come back late from your break, you'd better have a good excuse.

6 tips to boost your colonoscopy service line. Here's how high-volume GI centers improve their efficiency and patient satisfaction.

A new way to think about retained items. Studies on the psychology of counting helped shape AORN's updated prevention guideline.

Unobstructed view. Technology and techniques to help your laparoscopic surgeons see better.

No need to rewrite unchanged H&Ps with this Idea That Works from Las Vegas, Nevada.

Innovative Ideas: Discharge instructions done right.

Last one out cleans the OR. These 6 keys to terminal cleaning will leave your facility spotless after a hard day's work.

Behind Closed Doors: The best of Paula Watkins. Some seriously funny stuff goes on in the OR.

2016 cataract technology survey. Which innovations are cataract surgeons embracing?

Prevent a cataract patient from moving his head during surgery with this Idea That Works from Florida.

Infection prevention: When everyone's a hand hygiene spy. Make surveillance everyone's job, and watch compliance rates soar.

Coding & billing: Medicare's 2017 outpatient payment update. How the proposed reimbursement changes could impact your facility.